Interactions between host-plant volatiles and the sex pheromones of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi and the damson-hop aphid, Phorodon humuli

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Pope, Tom W ^a,d   Campbell, Colin A M ^a   Hardie, Jim ^b   Pickett, John A ^c   Wadhams, Lester J ^c  

^a EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Division of Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid; Aphididae; Benzaldehyde; Methyl salicylate; Nepetalactol; Phorodon humuli; Rhopalosiphum padi; Semiochemical; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

APHID; HOST PLANT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX PHEROMONE; TRAPPING; TREE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APHID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEX ATTRACTANTS; VOLATILIZATION;

APHIDIDAE; AVES; HUMULUS LUPULUS; PHORODON HUMULI; PRUNUS; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 33845755728     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9199-4     Document Type: Article

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